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Natalie Chee, Violin

Natalie Chee was born in Sydney in 1976. She began learning the piano at the age of 4 and violin at the age of 6. From the age of 10 she studied violin with Alex Todicescu, professor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and member of the Sydney String Quartet.

In her teenage years, Natalie won numerous competitions and prizes in Australia, the most important being the ABC Young Performers of the Year competition in 1992 which resulted in her appearing as a soloist with all of the Australian Symphony Orchestras whilst she was still in high school.

In 1994 Natalie was accepted into the Soloist Class of Prof. Igor Ozim in Berne, Switzerland. She received her Soloist Diploma in 1998 with High Distinction.

Still a student, Natalie was invited to become a member of Camerata Bern in the position of 2nd violin leader. During this time she also co-founded the chamber music ensemble ‘Tiramisu’ and the Mozart Piano Quartet. She toured North and South America, Europe and Australia with these groups and made several CDs with prominent labels in Switzerland and Germany.

In 2000 Natalie won the position of 1st Concertmaster of Camerata Salzburg - a position she held until 2009. She appeared regularly as soloist and leader of this chamber orchestra all over the world. She directed the ensemble in Carnegie Hall, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival, Singapore Arts Festival, Beijing Arts Festival, Warsaw Beethoven Festival and Vienna Konzerthaus - to name but a few - and collaborated regularly with artists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Murray Perahia, Heinz Holliger and Trevor Pinnock.

In 2009 Natalie became the 1st Concertmaster of the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stuttgart. This is the position which she currently holds.

She is also a member and one of the concertmasters of the Australian World Orchestra which was founded in 2011.

Natalie Chee is an enthusiastic and experienced chamber musician and appears regularly in Festivals throughout Europe. In 2010 she founded the Hegel Quartet with colleagues from the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart.